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It Takes All of Us: A Seminar Series About Educating and Developing Youth, Part Three
1. It
Takes
All
of
Us:
A
Seminar
Series
About
Educa9ng
and
Developing
Youth
featuring
Dr.
Patricia
Moore
Harbour
Presented
by
Friends
for
Youth,
Inc.
Ke4ering
Founda7on
2. March
19,
2014
Webinar
Part
Three:
Engaging
the
Public
Makes
a
Difference
• Discuss
challenges
faced
by
ci7zens
and
organiza7ons
engaged
in
out-‐of-‐school
learning
• Special
guests:
Becky
Cooper,
Execu7ve
Director
of
Friends
for
Youth
and
Ann
S7les,
Project
GRAD
Houston
• Q
&
A
throughout
presenta7on
(use
Q
&
A
panel)
3. • All
a4endees
muted
for
best
sound
• Type
ques7ons
and
comments
in
the
ques7on
box
• Respond
to
polls
• Who
is
with
us
today?
Par7cipate
in
Today’s
Webinar
5. Please
help
us
by
answering
survey
ques7ons
when
you
exit
webinar
You
will
receive
an
email
with
informaCon
on
how
to
access
the
slides,
view
the
recording,
and
connect
to
resources
6. Community
Educators:
A
Resource
for
Educa9ng
and
Developing
Our
Youth
Author:
Patricia
Moore
Harbour,
Ed.D.
What
does
it
take
to
make
democracy
work
as
it
should?
www.ke4ering.org
7. Dr.
Patricia
Moore
Harbour
President
,
Center
for
Quality
Educa7on
Patricia
Moore
Harbour
dedicates
her
life’s
work
to
public
educa7on
and
social
change.
She
supports
youth
and
adults
to
use
their
natural
gi[s,
abili7es
and
capaci7es
to
achieve
extraordinary
outcomes.
Pat
has
been
a
teacher
and
school
administrator
and
is
a
parent,
grandparent,
mentor
and
community
educator.
She
believes
re-‐establishing
the
connec7on
between
educa7on,
democracy
and
community
increases
our
capacity
to
live,
work
together
and
shape
the
future
for
the
next
genera7on
from
the
power
of
our
common
humanity.
pharbour.communityeducators@gmail.com
8. What
Does
it
Take
to
Make
Democracy
Work
as
it
Should?
Who
We
Are
A
research
organiza7on
How
We
Work
Joint
Learning
Exchanges
The
Network
Research
Posi7ons
What
We
Study
Ci7zens,
ins7tu7ons,
communi7es
Democra7c
Prac7ces
9. Community
Educators
Are
EVERYWHERE
“Above
all
people
educate
themselves
with
people
who
have
liLle
if
any
direct
authority
over
them,
and
who
have
no
specialized
experCse,
either
on
curriculum
or
pedogogy.”
Herve
Varenne
11. What
About
Your
Community?
• Recognize
you
are
an
asset
and
that
youth
and
community
are
resources
• Establish
ownership
and
long-‐term
commitment
for
youth
development
and
educa7on
• Take
responsibility
for
shaping
the
future
• Have
a
shared
vision
and
shared
leadership
• Collaborate
with
ci7zens,
organiza7ons,
and
ins7tu7ons
and
make
collec7ve
choices
• Be
aware
that
youth
development
fosters
community
development
• Building
rela7onships
and
collabora7ve
learning
13. Becky
Cooper
Execu9ve
Director,
Friends
for
Youth
Becky
Cooper
has
been
with
the
organiza7on
since
its
crea7on
in
1979.
She
has
a
B.A.
in
Psychology
and
a
M.A.
in
Educa7on
from
Stanford
University.
Ms.
Cooper
has
served
on
the
Governor’s
Mentoring
Partnership
Quality
Assurance
Standards
Commi4ee,
and,
in
2004,
was
named
one
of
four
“Mentoring
Area
Experts”
by
the
Center
for
Applied
Research
Solu7ons.
Becky
co-‐authored
Running
a
Safe
and
Effec;ve
Mentoring
Program
and
SAFE.
becky@friendsforyouth.org
14. Becky
Cooper
Change
Factor:
Long-‐Term
Commitment
Friends
for
youth
has
operated
for
35
years
•
How
is
your
program
transforming
the
educa7on
and
development
of
youth?
• What
are
the
– Challenges?
– Changes?
– Lessons
learned?
18. Current
Research
There
is
a
new
consciousness
about
engaging
parents
and
families
in
the
mentoring
process.
Beyond
the
Bake
Sale:
A
Community-‐Based
RelaConal
Approach
to
Parent
Engagement
in
Schools
(Teachers
College,
Columbia
University,
2009)
Rela7onships
create
a
sense
of
community
and
shared
responsibility
for
children.
CBOs
can
play
an
important
role
as
intermediaries
to
create
condi7ons
for
authen7c
collabora7on
between
educators
and
parents.
19. Do
you
live
in
a
“Community
Educators”
community?
20. Who
are
the
community
educators
in
your
community?
What
possibili7es
exist
in
your
community
to
develop/further
develop
a
learning
community?
21. Have
your
Mentors/Programs
connected
their
mentees
to
other
resources
in
the
community?
How
have
your
Mentors/Programs
impacted
the
parents
and
families
of
your
mentees?
How
can
Mentoring
and
Community
Educators
best
prac7ces
bring
parents
and
other
disenfranchised
ci7zens
to
the
table
to
be
effec7ve
youth
development
advocates
and
resources
for
our
youth?
22. How
can
your
Mentors/
Programs
impact
schools,
other
community
systems,
ci7zens,
etc.?
How
can
Mentoring
Programs
play
a
lead
role
in
building
learning
communi7es?
23. “One
life
lesson
among
many
I
was
able
to
come
away
with
from
my
friendship
with
my
mentor
is
that
the
best
classroom
we
have
is
in
our
own
backyard,
and
the
best
teachers
are
the
people
we
meet
along
the
way.”
Chris,
a
mentee
in
Friends
for
Youth
program
24. Dr.
Ann
S7les
Execu9ve
Director,
Project
GRAD
Houston
Dr.
Ann
B.
S7les
has
served
as
the
Execu7ve
Director
of
Project
GRAD
Houston
since
2006.
She
holds
a
B.
A.
and
a
master’s
degree
in
Educa7on
from
the
University
of
St.
Thomas
and
a
doctorate
degree
in
Professional
Leadership
from
the
University
of
Houston
in
2011,
focusing
her
research
on
college
access.
Dr.
S7les
began
her
career
with
Project
GRAD
in
1997
as
a
Mathema7cs
Consultant
and
held
several
posi7ons,
including
Manager
of
Mathema7cs,
Director
of
Mathema7cs,
and
Senior
Director
of
Academic
Programs
before
becoming
Execu7ve
Director.
abs9les@projectgradhouston.org
25. Ann
S7les
Change
Factor:
Building
Rela7onships
for
Collabora7ve
Learning
• How
is
your
organiza7on
collabora7ng
with
other
organiza7ons
in
transforming
the
community
in
how
it
educates
and
develops
youth?
• What
are
the
– Challenges?
– Changes?
– Lessons
learned?
26.
27. GeQng
In
–
GRAD
Scholars
Enrolled
in
College
Since
1992,
over
6,400
GRAD
Scholars
have
enrolled
in
college.
Currently,
2,070
GRAD
Scholars
are
enrolled
in
college
at
colleges
and
universi7es
throughout
the
country.
GeQng
Through
–
GRAD
Scholars
are
staying
in
school
and
gradua7ng
from
college,
outperforming
their
peers
throughout
Texas
at
nearly
two-‐and-‐a-‐half
9mes
the
rate.
Gradua9ng
–
Project
GRADuates
To
date,
1,713
GRAD
Scholars
have
graduated
from
145
colleges
and
universi7es
throughout
the
country.
28. 54%
49%
20%
24%
28%
38%
Project
GRAD
Houston
Low-‐Income
African
American
Hispanic
State
of
Texas
Students
who
enroll
in
college
Students
who
have
completed
college
Students
who
have
completed
complete
college
or
con7nue
to
persist
toward
comple7on
College
Success
in
Texas
From
College
Enrollment
through
College
Success
(workforce
cer7ficates,
community
college
associates
degrees,
university
baccalaureate
degrees)
A New Measure of Educational Success in Texas, National Center for Higher Education Management Systems,
NCHEMS, February 2012
Tracking Postsecondary Success for Texas 8th Graders from the Fall 2000, Educate Texas, 2013
The Houston Endowment
35. Communi7es
Talk
to
Act
Discuss
in
your
community:
1. What
challenges
are
you
struggling
with
in
your
community
for
educa7ng
and
developing
youth?
2. What
lessons
are
you
learning?
Join
our
discussion
on
Facebook
and
like
us!
SHARE
ON
FACEBOOK
WHAT
YOU
LEARN
IN
TALKING
WITH
YOUR
COMMUNITY
36. A
CALL
FOR
ACTION!
Over
the
next
two
weeks,
what
is
the
smallest
acCon
you
are
willing
to
commit
to
take
that
will
make
a
difference
in
the
life,
educaCon,
and
development
of
one
young
person
in
your
community?
Join
our
discussion
on
Facebook
and
like
us!
SHARE
ON
FACEBOOK
WHAT
YOU
LEARN
IN
TALKING
WITH
YOUR
COMMUNITY
39. Please
help
us
by
answering
survey
ques7ons
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you
exit
webinar
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will
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on
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40. Join
Us
for
Our
Next
Webinar!
It
Takes
All
of
Us:
A
Seminar
Series
About
Educa9ng
and
Developing
Youth
Part
Four:
Ac;ons
for
You
and
Your
Community
to
Take
April
2,
2014
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